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Neenah Inc. is terminating a $155 million deal to acquire an Alabama composite reinforcement fabrics company in Alabama.

Stora Enso has appointed Lars Völkel as EVP, Head of Wood Products division and a member of the Group Leadership Team. He will start on July 1, 2020 and be based in Stockholm, Sweden.

Many have been shut down or in a reduced operating mode for 45 days now. You have forgotten what "normal" was like. If you were a procrastinator before, you are relishing these times. The old saying is still true--"If you are not advancing, you are retreating." In other words, if you are not advancing, you are sinking.

The PM40 closed Friday, 1 May 2020, at 2465.

Get the latest PM40 updates by listening to the weekly Nips show and the PM40 Daily Show on Pulp & Paper Radio International.

The PM40 closed 1 May 2020 down 32.4% from the 3 May 2019 level.

In this issue of Disconnected Comparisons, we evaluate Universal Forest Products and Kimberly-Clark.

As the leading innovator in the food packaging and processing industry, Tetra Pak ensures expansion of food availability across the world by offering products of outstanding quality and value to consumers.

Northern Pulp has been given a clearer idea of what the province is looking for if the company is to reopen its mill in Pictou County.

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. says it is withdrawing its production outlook for the year due to the uncertain impact of measures to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.

IT Tech Packaging, Inc. announced that it launched its production line of non-medical single-use face masks as planned, following completion of raw materials preparation, trial run of the equipment and the sample products inspection.

This product embodies Sappi's forward-looking sustainability practices to align with global goals for environmentally-friendly manufacturing.

With a top score of 82/100 Metsä Board is among the highest 1% of companies assessed in the in the manufacture of corrugated paper and paperboard and containers of paper and paperboard industries.

The Shareholders Foundation, Inc. announces that a lawsuit is pending for certain investors in NYSE: QUAD shares.

Pixelle Specialty Solutions' Androscoggin Mill is back in operation after a dramatic explosion but the loss of its pulp operation is going to hurt loggers and truckers.

A St. Louis man faces felony charges after allegedly making false claims about someone trying to kill him and shots being fired inside a Menasha Packaging facility on Tuesday morning.

Ahlstrom-Munksjö and Metsä Fibre continue the collaboration by focusing on responsible wood sourcing. As part of a resource-intensive industry Ahlstrom-Munksjö, as a significant wood pulp consumer, and Metsä Fibre, as the world's leading producer of bleached softwood pulp, have a particular responsibility to advance environmental performance and sustainability throughout their operations and supply chains.

Nearly 700,000 tons of tissue produced by U.S. mills in March, more than any other month since 2007.

International Paper announced a change in the format of its annual meeting of shareowners for 2020 (the "Annual Meeting") from a hybrid meeting to a virtual-only meeting via the filing of additional proxy materials with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Ahlstrom-Munksjö continues to develop its capacity in Turin to meet the demand for high performance filtration media for surgical face masks in Italy.

Verso Corporation announced an inventory expansion of its inkjet roll papers to support the evolving needs of commercial printers and document centers with high-speed inkjet presses.

International Paper is responding to the needs of communities in Italy in the face of COVID-19. The company has been donating thousands of corrugated boxes to a number of hospitals, medical units and charitable organizations such as the Civil Protection, Blue Cross, local foodbanks and others across the communities where it operates.

Although certain toxins discharged from furnaces and kilns at pulp mills were not deemed dangerous in a list of substances the government monitors, the D.C. Circuit ruled that they should have been considered harmful.

Ahlstrom-Munksjö has developed a face mask material as part of the Resilience project, administrated by the French Government.

To mark Earth Day's 50th anniversary, Earth Day Canada and Earth Day Initiative, in collaboration with Corporate Knights, have released the 50 Top Business Moves for the Planet.

Greif, Inc. announced the release of its online 2019 Sustainability Report. The annual report details Greif's commitment to continuous improvement through an integrated approach to environmental and social responsibility. The report provides the company's 2025 sustainability goals and highlights progress and strategies underway to achieve those goals.